Louisiana 2026 Regular Session Status: Enacted Bipartisan · 58 R · 22 D cosponsors

HB 354 — BRIDGES/FERRIES: Redesignates the Magnolia Bridge as the "Caleb Easterling Memorial Bridge"

Last action — Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 429.

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    Introduced
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    In Committee
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    Passed House
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    Passed Senate
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    To Executive
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    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 24, 2026. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Jeff Landry (Republican) on May 29, 2026.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 82% · high confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 81 sponsors

    1 primary, 80 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Bipartisan support

    Sponsored across 2 parties (58 R · 22 D) — cross-party backing.

  • Mixed recorded votes

    2 passed, 1 failed in recorded votes so far.

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In plain language

The bill redesignates the Magnolia Bridge as the 'Caleb Easterling Memorial Bridge'.

This bill officially changes the name of the Magnolia Bridge to honor Caleb Easterling. This designation recognizes his contributions or significance.

Bill Text

What changed in the latest version

26 added · 24 removed

Plain-language change summary

The amendment primarily clarifies the name change of the Magnolia Bridge, now officially called the "Caleb Easterling Memorial Bridge," and ensures that the Department of Transportation will put up signs reflecting this new name. The bill specifies that funding for the signs must come from local or private sources and sets a maximum limit of $750 for each sign's installation costs. This change is significant as it honors Caleb Easterling while outlining the financial responsibilities associated with the signage, ensuring no state funds are used.

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HLS 26RS-355 ENGROSSED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
ENROLLED Regular Session HOUSE BILL NO.
354 BY REPRESENTATIVE VENTRELLA BRIDGES/FERRIES:
354 BY REPRESENTATIVES VENTRELLA, ADAMS, AMEDEE, BAGLEY, BAMBURG, BAYHAM, BEAULLIEU, BERAULT, BILLINGS, BOUDREAUX, BOURRIAQUE, BOYER, BRASS, BROUSSARD, BRYANT, BUTLER, CARRIER, WILFORD CARTER, CARVER, CHASSION, CHENEVERT, COATES, COX, DESHOTEL, DEVILLIER, DEWITT, DICKERSON, EDMONSTON, EGAN, FISHER, GEYMANN, GLORIOSO, GREEN, HEBERT, HILFERTY, ILLG, JACKSON, MIKE JOHNSON, JORDAN, KERNER, KNOX, LACOMBE, LAFLEUR, JACOB LANDRY, LARVADAIN, MARTINEZ, MCFARLAND, MCMAKIN, MOORE, MURRAY, MUSCARELLO, NEWELL, OWEN, PHELPS, RISER, SCHAMERHORN, SCHLEGEL, SPELL, STAGNI, TAYLOR, THOMPSON, TURNER, VILLIO, WALTERS, WYBLE, AND ZERINGUEANDSENATORSBARROW,BASS,CLOUD,EDMONDS,HARRIS, HENRY, HENSGENS, JACKSON-ANDREWS, KLEINPETER, LAMBERT, MIGUEZ, MILLER, MORRIS, PRESSLY, AND SEABAUGH AN ACT To redesignate the bridge located on Louisiana Highway 64 over the Amite River at the boundaryofEastBatonRougeParishandLivingstonParishasthe"CalebEasterling MemorialBridge";toprovideforimplementation;andtoprovideforrelatedmatters.
RedesignatestheMagnoliaBridgeasthe"CalebEasterlingMemorial Bridge" AN ACT To redesignate the bridge located on Louisiana Highway 64 over the Amite River at the boundaryofEastBatonRougeParishandLivingstonParishasthe"CalebEasterling MemorialBridge";toprovideforimplementation;andtoprovideforrelatedmatters.
The bridge located on Louisiana Highway 64 spanning the Amite River attheboundarybetweenEastBatonRougeParishandLivingston Parish,commonlyknown as the Magnolia Bridge, which connects Greenwell Springs Road in East Baton Rouge Parish to Magnolia Bridge Road in Livingston Parish shall be known and is hereby redesignated as the "Caleb Easterling Memorial Bridge".
The bridge located on Louisiana Highway 64 spanning the Amite River attheboundarybetweenEastBatonRougeParishandLivingstonParish,commonlyknown as the Magnolia Bridge, which connects Greenwell Springs Road in East Baton Rouge Parish to Magnolia Bridge Road in Livingston Parish shall be known and is hereby redesignated as the "Caleb Easterling Memorial Bridge".
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SPEAKER OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES PRESIDENT OF THE SENATE GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF LOUISIANA APPROVED:
354 DIGEST ThedigestprintedbelowwaspreparedbyHouseLegislative Services.
It constitutes nopart of the legislative instrument.
The keyword, one-liner, abstract, and digest do not constitute part of the law or proof or indicia of legislative intent.
[R.S.
1:13(B) and 24:177(E)] HB 354 Engrossed 2026 Regular Session Ventrella Redesignates the Magnolia Bridge on LA Hwy.
64, over the Amite River at the boundary of East Baton Rouge Parish and Livingston Parish as the "Caleb Easterling Memorial Bridge".
DirectstheDept.ofTransportationandDevelopment(DOTD)oritscontractorstoerectand maintain appropriate signage reflecting this bridge designation provided local or private monies are received by the DOTD equal to its actual costs for material, fabrication, mounting posts, and installation of the signage, not to exceed the sum of $750 per sign.
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Action History

  1. Signed by the Governor. Becomes Act No. 429.

  2. Effective date: 08/01/2026.

  3. Sent to the Governor for executive approval.

  4. Received from the Senate without amendments.

  5. Enrolled and signed by the Speaker of the House.

  6. Signed by the President of the Senate.

  7. Rules suspended. Called from the Calendar.

  8. Read by title, passed by a vote of 33 yeas and 0 nays, and ordered returned to the House. Motion to reconsider tabled.

  9. Rules suspended.

  10. Read by title and returned to the Calendar, subject to call.

  11. Reported without Legislative Bureau amendments. Read by title and passed to third reading and final passage.

  12. Read by title and referred to the Legislative Bureau.

  13. Reported favorably.

  14. Read second time by title and referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

  15. Rules suspended.

  16. Called from the calendar.

  17. Read third time by title, roll called on final passage, yeas 95, nays 0. Finally passed, title adopted, ordered to the Senate.

  18. Received in the Senate. Read first time by title and placed on the Calendar for a second reading.

  19. Read by title, returned to the calendar.

  20. Scheduled for floor debate on 03/17/2026.

  21. Read by title, ordered engrossed, passed to 3rd reading.

  22. Reported favorably (14-0).

  23. Read by title, under the rules, referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

  24. First appeared in the Interim Calendar on 2/27/2026.

  25. Prefiled.

  26. Under the rules, provisionally referred to the Committee on Transportation, Highways and Public Works.

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 80 co-sponsors · 66 not signed on

Sponsors (1)

Co-sponsors (80)

Not signed on (66)

66 members have not signed on to this bill.

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Votes

CO-AUTHORS (#1014)

Failed 15 Yea · 0 Nay · 24 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Democrat 3008
Republican 110016
Total 150024
% of votes cast 38%0%0%62%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Not Voting
Gary Carter Democrat Not Voting
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Not Voting
Jay Luneau Democrat Not Voting
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Not Voting
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Not Voting
Sam Jenkins Democrat Not Voting
Sidney Barthelemy II Democrat Not Voting
Adam Bass Republican Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Not Voting
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Brach Jerad Myers Republican Not Voting
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Not Voting
Glen Womack Republican Not Voting
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
Jeremy Stine Republican Not Voting
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Not Voting
Kirk Talbot Republican Not Voting
Mark Abraham Republican Not Voting
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Not Voting
Mike Reese Republican Not Voting
Patrick Connick Republican Not Voting
Patrick McMath Republican Not Voting
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Not Voting
Robert Allain Republican Not Voting
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Not Voting
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Not Voting

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FINAL PASSAGE (#1013)

Passed 33 Yea · 0 Nay · 6 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 1000
Republican 24003
Democrat 8003
Total 33006
% of votes cast 85%0%0%15%
How each member voted (39)
Member Party Vote
Mr. President — Yea
Edward J. Price Democrat Yea
Gary Carter Democrat Not Voting
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
Jay Luneau Democrat Not Voting
Jimmy Harris Democrat Yea
Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews Democrat Yea
Larry Selders Democrat Not Voting
Regina Barrow Democrat Yea
Royce Duplessis Democrat Yea
Sam Jenkins Democrat Yea
Sidney Barthelemy II Democrat Yea
Adam Bass Republican Yea
Alan Seabaugh Republican Yea
Beth Mizell Republican Yea
Blake Miguez Republican Yea
Bob Hensgens Republican Yea
Brach Jerad Myers Republican Not Voting
Caleb Kleinpeter Republican Yea
Eddie J. Lambert Republican Yea
Franklin J. Foil Republican Yea
Glen Womack Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
Heather Cloud Republican Yea
Jeremy Stine Republican Yea
John C. "Jay" Morris Republican Yea
Jr., William "Bill" Wheat Republican Yea
Kirk Talbot Republican Yea
Mark Abraham Republican Yea
Michael "Big Mike" Fesi Republican Yea
Mike Reese Republican Yea
Patrick Connick Republican Not Voting
Patrick McMath Republican Yea
Rick Edmonds Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Not Voting
Robert Allain Republican Yea
Stewart Jr. Cathey Republican Yea
Thomas A. Pressly Republican Yea
Valarie Hodges Republican Yea

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FINAL PASSAGE (#37)

Passed 95 Yea · 0 Nay · 8 Other
Party YeaNayPresentNot Voting
Unaffiliated 7001
Republican 59007
Democrat 29000
Total 95008
% of votes cast 92%0%0%8%
How each member voted (103)
Member Party Vote
Mr. Speaker — Yea
Amedee — Yea
Galle — Yea
Henry — Yea
Stagni — Yea
Johnson, T. — Yea
Landry, T. — Not Voting
St. Blanc — Yea
Adrian Fisher Democrat Yea
Aimee Adatto Freeman Democrat Yea
Alonzo L. Knox Democrat Yea
Barbara Carpenter Democrat Yea
C. Denise Marcelle Democrat Yea
Candace N. Newell Democrat Yea
Chasity Martinez Democrat Yea
Delisha Boyd Democrat Yea
Ed Murray Democrat Yea
Edmond Jordan Democrat Yea
Gerald Boudreaux Democrat Yea
III, Ed Larvadain Democrat Yea
Joy Walters Democrat Yea
Jr., Kyle M. Green Democrat Yea
Ken Brass Democrat Yea
Mandie Landry Democrat Yea
Marcus Anthony Bryant Democrat Yea
Pat Moore Democrat Yea
Rashid Armand Young Democrat Yea
Robby Carter Democrat Yea
Rodney Lyons Democrat Yea
Roy Daryl Adams Democrat Yea
Shaun Raphael Mena Democrat Yea
Sr., Wilford Carter Democrat Yea
Steven Jackson Democrat Yea
Sylvia Elaine Taylor Democrat Yea
Tammy T. Phelps Democrat Yea
Tehmi Jahi Chassion Democrat Yea
Vanessa Caston LaFleur Democrat Yea
Annie Spell Republican Yea
Barbara Reich Freiberg Republican Not Voting
Beth Anne Billings Republican Yea
Brett F. Geymann Republican Yea
Brian Leonard Glorioso Republican Yea
Bryan Fontenot Republican Yea
Chad Michael Boyer Republican Yea
Christopher Turner Republican Yea
Danny McCormick Republican Yea
Daryl Andrew Deshotel Republican Yea
Debbie Villio Republican Yea
Dixon Wallace McMakin Republican Yea
Dodie Horton Republican Yea
Emily Chenevert Republican Yea
Foy Bryan Gadberry Republican Yea
Francis C. Thompson Republican Yea
Gregory A. Miller Republican Yea
III, Roger William Wilder Republican Yea
III, Vincent E. Cox Republican Yea
IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu Republican Yea
Jack McFarland Republican Yea
Jacob Braud Republican Yea
Jacob Jules Landry Republican Yea
Jason Brian DeWitt Republican Yea
Jeffrey "Jeff" Fons Wiley Republican Yea
Jeremy LaCombe Republican Yea
Jerome Zeringue Republican Yea
Jessica Domangue Republican Yea
John E. Wyble Republican Yea
Joseph A. Orgeron Republican Yea
Josh Carlson Republican Not Voting
Jr., Dennis Bamburg Republican Yea
Jr., John R. Illg Republican Yea
Jr., Michael Robert Bayham Republican Yea
Kathy Edmonston Republican Yea
Kellee Hennessy Dickerson Republican Yea
Kim Carver Republican Yea
Kimberly Landry Coates Republican Yea
Larry A. Bagley Republican Yea
Lauren Ventrella Republican Yea
Laurie Schlegel Republican Yea
Les Farnum Republican Not Voting
Mark Wright Republican Not Voting
Michael "Gabe" Firment Republican Yea
Michael Charles Echols Republican Yea
Michael Melerine Republican Yea
Mike Johnson Republican Yea
Neil Riser Republican Yea
Nicholas Muscarello Republican Yea
Phillip Eric Tarver Republican Yea
Polly Thomas Republican Not Voting
R. Dewith Carrier Republican Yea
Raymond J. Crews Republican Yea
Reese "Skip" Broussard Republican Yea
Rhonda Gaye Butler Republican Yea
Robert "Bob" Owen Republican Yea
Rodney Schamerhorn Republican Yea
Ryan Bourriaque Republican Yea
Shane Mack Republican Not Voting
Sr., Peter F. Egan Republican Yea
Stephanie H. Berault Republican Yea
Stephanie Hilferty Republican Yea
Timothy P. Kerner Republican Yea
Tony Bacala Republican Not Voting
Troy Jude Hebert Republican Yea
Wayne McMahen Republican Yea

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Who sponsors HB 354?
HB 354 is sponsored by Alan Seabaugh (Republican), Thomas A. Pressly (Republican), John C. "Jay" Morris (Republican), Gregory A. Miller (Republican), Blake Miguez (Republican), Eddie J. Lambert (Republican), Caleb Kleinpeter (Republican), Katrina R. Jackson-Andrews (Democrat), Bob Hensgens (Republican), Cameron Henry (Republican), Jimmy Harris (Democrat), Rick Edmonds (Republican), Heather Cloud (Republican), Adam Bass (Republican), Regina Barrow (Democrat), Jerome Zeringue (Republican), John E. Wyble (Republican), Joy Walters (Democrat), Debbie Villio (Republican), Christopher Turner (Republican), Francis C. Thompson (Republican), Sylvia Elaine Taylor (Democrat), Joe Stagni, Annie Spell (Republican), Laurie Schlegel (Republican), Rodney Schamerhorn (Republican), Neil Riser (Republican), Tammy T. Phelps (Democrat), Charles Owen (Republican), Candace N. Newell (Democrat), Nicholas Muscarello (Republican), Ed Murray (Democrat), Pat Moore (Democrat), Dixon Wallace McMakin (Republican), Jack McFarland (Republican), Chasity Martinez (Democrat), III, Ed Larvadain (Democrat), Jacob Jules Landry (Republican), Emily Chenevert (Republican), Tehmi Jahi Chassion (Democrat), Kim Carver (Republican), Sr., Wilford Carter (Democrat), R. Dewith Carrier (Republican), Rhonda Gaye Butler (Republican), Marcus Anthony Bryant (Democrat), Ken Brass (Democrat), Chad Michael Boyer (Republican), Ryan Bourriaque (Republican), Doyle Boudreaux (Republican), Beth Anne Billings (Republican), Stephanie H. Berault (Republican), IV, Gerald "Beau" Beaullieu (Republican), Jr., Michael Robert Bayham (Republican), Jr., Dennis Bamburg (Republican), Larry A. Bagley (Republican), Beryl Amedée (Republican), Roy Daryl Adams (Democrat), Lauren Ventrella (Republican), Vanessa Caston LaFleur (Democrat), Jeremy LaCombe (Republican), Alonzo L. Knox (Democrat), Timothy P. Kerner (Republican), Edmond Jordan (Democrat), Mike Johnson (Republican), Steven Jackson (Democrat), Jr., John R. Illg (Republican), Stephanie Hilferty (Republican), Troy Jude Hebert (Republican), Jr., Kyle M. Green (Democrat), Brian Leonard Glorioso (Republican), Brett F. Geymann (Republican), Adrian Fisher (Democrat), Sr., Peter F. Egan (Republican), Kathy Edmonston (Republican), Jason Brian DeWitt (Republican), Daryl Andrew Deshotel (Republican), Phillip DeVillier (Republican), III, Vincent E. Cox (Republican), Kimberly Landry Coates (Republican), Reese "Skip" Broussard (Republican), and Kellee Hennessy Dickerson (Republican).
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